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A colourful, exuberant riot: Iolanthe at English National Opera

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“McCrystal has no inhibitions about hamming everything up to the max”
Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 13 February 2018
Sullivan, Iolanthe
Timothy Henty, Conductor
Cal McCrystal, Director
Paul Brown, Set Designer
Samantha Price, Iolanthe
Llio Evans, Celia
Ellie Laugharne, Phyllis
Joanne Appleby, Leila
Yvonne Howard, Queen of the Fairies
Andrew Shore, The Lord Chancellor
Ben Johnson, Earl Tolloller
Ben McAteer, Earl of Mountararat
Marcus Farnsworth, Strephon
Barnaby Rea, Private Willis
English National Opera Chorus
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